Morning journal and courier., 1887-09-24
aRour THE SCHOOLS.


 That Special Meeting of the Dts-
 trict Will be Held to Decide whether
 the Taxpayers Are i'm Favor of En-
 Iarging the High School Building
 The Site For Washington School Not
 Net Decided On-PuPiIs Who Attend
 School Hut Half n Day-RepOrts
 From the Various Schools.
 The boardof education holds meeting next Friday night. This will be the first
 meeting since the school election. Then will take place the election of a president
 and committees will also have to be appoint
 ed. A member of the board said last night
 that H. M. Welch would of course be re-elect-
 ed to the office of president of the board. No one had the least idea of putting in any, one else. After this the various standing committees will be appointed. These com- mittees will in all probability remain as they are at present, with the only exception of placing Dr. Carmalt's name in the place of MT. Harrison's.
 One of the principal things to be brought before the board at this meeting will be the proposition of enlarging the High school to ! furnish adequate accommodations for all the I pupils. A committee is already work inp on the matter. This committee is
  \ Peck, who are the regular school committee. \ Mr. Zunder said last night that the board \ would undoubtedly take no action in this | matter at this meeting. The committee is I looking into this matter thoroughly. They \ will hold 8 meeting next week to talk the matter over. They will, on Friday evening. make their report to the board, which will | be, of course, that necessity demands an ad- dition to the High school. The members of the board are very conservative in their do- ings, and they feel reluctant about spending the money for such addition unless author \ ized to do so by the district. For that req ! son, after the committee makes it's report, \ the board will likely decide to ! lay the matter before the district k and have special school meeting in order to | decide whether or not the people want to \ have the money expended in enlarglng the | school. Either this will have to De oone, ' say the members of the board, or else many | of the pupils of the other schools of the city ! who are advanced enough to enter the High ! school must be held back. Scholars from out of the city may also have to be cut of. | The idea has been advanced that another building might be engaged and put some of ! the High school scholars there. It has been ! shown that this scheme, however, would cost ! about as much as to build an addition to the ! school.
 Maier Zunder said last night that outside of | the High school, the others were not over | crowded. At the Edwards street school half | of the pupils attended school in the morning ! and the other half in the afternoon, giving ! the children but half days attendance. Mr. ! Zunder had heard of this being done there, \ but said it was only with the little children | that this was done. This is just as we'll for ! the small ones. It is a practice which has I long been in vogue when the lower grades | were crowded. It lasts for but short time. | When the fall term begins the lower grade is I always more or less crowded. Many little | children are sent to school then 1 who as soon as cold weather \ sets in are taken out, and | that brings the number who are left down so ! that the rooms are not crowded. The at- | tendance of about half of the scholars of the \ lower grade only half a day is nothing new. | It has often been done to bridge the matter over for time. The only place where there is any com | plaint about being overcrowded is at the ! Washington school. As has already been stated, the two higher grades of that school are obliged to occupy rooms ill the basement | which are really unfit for occupancy. Those \ in the lower grade have been sent to the Car ! lisle street school. The committee are \ looking for site for the ne"
 school which is to be erected ir \ this vicinity The location has not been definitely settled upon. Several ! places are under consideration, all near the \ present school The new school building will, if it is possible thing, be built on g corner This is policy of the board tc have all the new school buildings on cor
 ner, as in that way more light will be ob. I tained for the rooms. The committee will select the site where they can do the best. ! The new building will be the same as the \ Hallock street school MT. Zunder spoke in | favor of this at the last meeting of the board. The plans had been purchased, and ' it would be saving to the district of about $20O.
 ! Another important matter to be brought ! up at the meeting of the board next Friday ! will be the report of Superintendent Dutton ! in regard to the attendance at the public | schools of the city. Since the schools have ! opened for the fall term the reports made by I each school show that the attendance by | schools and districts is follows: